Cushion.



PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

- H. s. HALE.

CUSHION.

APPLICATION 21mm MAY 10. 1905.

lNVENTOR WITNESSES: u 7

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES HENRY s. HALE, OF PHILADELPHIA,

"PATENT OFFICE.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE HALE ANDKILBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed May 10, 1905- Serial No. 259.776.

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. HALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philaof which the following is a s ecification.

The present invention re ates to cushions general but is particularly applicable to cushions of the type commonly employed in connection with car-seating.

In the bank-cushions com'monlyin use it is customary to provide a head-roll adjacent to one or both of the u er and lower edges thereof in order to furnislh adequate andcomfortable support for the occupant of the seat. Where the seat is of the turnover variety in which thesame surface is used in either facing direction for the support of the occuant, such head-roll has been arranged ad Jacent to each of the up er and lower edges, while in the case of a back of the walk-over type, wherein one or the other side is presented according to the facing direction of the seat, a headw-roll on each side, but adjacent to the up er surface only, is provided. In

the manu acture of these back-cushions heretofore it has been customary to form the headroll by laboriously stitching the material which overlies the upholstery to a art lying below it in order to form a suite le an 1e marking the boundary of the head-roll. T 's has proved both time-consuming and e ensive, and in addition it has been diffiou t to give this portion of the cushion a uniform and finished a pearance.

The object o the present invention is both to improve the a pearance of the cushion and to greatly simplify and cheapen the manufacture thereof, and this isaccomplished by avoiding the laborious stitching above re' ferred to, forming the proper angle and giving the cushion the proper contour b the use of a steel rod or bar or equivalent evice secured in suitable manner to one of the layers of textile fabric and -coacting with the frame. Such rod, bar, or similar device may be readily combined either with 100 s or other appurtenances of such textile abric and secured at either end to the frame of the cushion, giving thereby a firm and uniform appearance to thecushion-frame and adapting.

it to receive the plush or other covering with k which the cushion may be finished. t

In the accompanying drawings, Flgure 1 is a face View of a car-seat-back cushion of the turn-over type, certainportions of the fabric f and upholstery being removed. Fig. 2 IS anoutline edge view of a seat-cushion of the walk-over t e, to which the invent on may be applied with equal advantage. Flg. 1s a cross-section of the cushion shown in F g. 1, and Fi s. 4 and 5 are detail views hereinafter referre to. Referrin to the drawings, in which similar letters enote'corresponding arts, it

be seen that the cushion-frame includes the end -members a, a, and the longitudinal s'ide members a, 0. the end members a a, being substantially higher than the members a, a Extending between and secured at their ends to the side members a a is a series of crossbars a, each supportinga transverse series of coil-springs a A-similar but longitudinal series of coil-springs! is mounted upon each of the side members a a, of the'frame to form the head-roll.

The upper ends of the coil-s rings. a, of each transverse series are secure to a transverse band B of corrugated steel, and over this extends a band b of webbin the object whereof is to prevent said band from cutting through the overlying material b. known as the first canvas. The first canvas 1) maybe either continuous, so as to overlie'both the body of the cushion, as well as the head-rolls, or it may be in two parts, the portion 6 overlying the body of the cushions and secured at its lateral edges to any suitab e partas, for instance, the side memb rs a aF-andtwo adjacent portions 1) overlying the longitudinal coil-spring sys tems upon the side members a a, of, the frame, the edges of such portions 1) being tacked or otherwise secured to the edges of said side members a 0, The u per ends of each of the longitudinal series 0 coil-sp1ingsa are secureld to a longitudinal band I) of corrugated stee I C designates the irmer covergof the cushion-frame, and this may be made of muslin or other suitable material. Heretofore it has been the practice to secure this at each athen be tacked or otherwise secured either to I to stitch the some adjacent to the junctions between the bod portion of the cushion and the head ml? or rolls thereof. In the resent inventionthe necessity for lmigi entirely obviated-initiat following manner: The muslin cover 0 is rovided at each'meeting-point between the ody of the cushion and a head-roll with a loop 6, whuah may readily be made b simp material and then stitc g it along a line parallel with the (fold, The muslin cover 1s then laid upon thaseat-frame over the upholstery D,- which oyerlie's the coll-spring system both of the body portion of the cushion and of the head roll or rolls thereof, and through each loo is run a steel rod or bar of,- the ends whereo are secured in suitable orifices-c" in the end members a a of theframe, After therods or bars have been so-positroned they maybe secured in any suitable manneras, for instance, by a tack through the members a a closing such orifices 6 This draws the loops e of the inner cover C uniformly down into the angle-between thebody ortio'n and the head-rolls of the cushion, an 1f desired, each rod may be secured intermediate of its length to an adjacent but underlying t of the structure'as, for instance, to the I canvas, as indicated at a Fig. 5 The extreme (side) edges of the inner cover may the extreme edges or under sides ofthe side Irnembers a. a thus confinin in position the holstery D, giving the cus -'on-frame as a w lo, the proper outline or contour and .adeptin .itto receiye the cover, by which 1t maybe hedfor use.

Ina plying theback-cover I prefer to use a. thin ayer F of raw cotton or similar mateterial, sueh as. muslin, over which maybe placed the cover f of plush or other similar material. The edges of both the muslin f cured to the outer edges of the side members 11 as well as of the end members a a The face'coverf of the cushion, which may alsobeof lush or other suitable material, may be laifdirectly upon the muslin layer C, and its edges also tacked or otherwise secured, preferably, over the edges of the plush cover the point at which both the back and face covers are secured tothe side and end members of the frame being covered by the beading or braid of metal or textile material f givierfiilg the cushion a finished appearance at its r It thus be seen that I avoid the laborious stitching of the muslin cover 0 to the first canvas 1; and that the operation of securing the muslin cover in position is very simple-and quickly performed, involvin as it does, only the introduction of the ro s 6 through their res active loops and'the secur- 65 of ends 0 such rods in the end memderlyin 1y fold" g the held place by a sheet f of textile maand cover f may be tacked or otherwise se--' bersa of the mum-mas; securing ofthe rods e to the first canvas is not absolutely essential, but is suggested as asimple way at maintaining such Tm position as against their tendency to bend or bow outwardl under the strain of the muslin cover and. t e u holstery and spring'systems ungt e same. I By i1 ustrating and describing the rods or bars 6 and the coacting loops 6 (or equiva- 'lentdevices) 1n connection with the inner cover 0 of the. cushion I do not wish to be understood as confining myself thereto, as it is obvious that the loops oir equivalent devices may be formed in the outeror back cover for 8o coaction with such rods or bars e, or, if desired, the loo-panel rod'- construction may be employed in connection with bothsuch inner and outer covers.

Having now described my invention, what 8 5 I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows 1. In a cushion; the combination with: a

frame, of a sheet of flexiblematerial provided with sloop, operative portions of said sheet exten d ing on either side of said loop, means foryieldingly pressin said rtionsoutward from said frame, a a ro or bar coasting with said loo and with said frame, substantially as set orth. I 5

2. In acushion, the combination with an frame, of a sheet of flexible material provided with a loop intermediate its edges, means for yieldingly pressing outward from said frame the portions of said sheet lying on either side we of said loop, a rod or bar coactin with said. loop and at its ends with said sure, and means for securing said rod or bar intermediate of such ends, substantially as set forth.

3. Inaoushion, the combination with a frame comprising side and end members, of a plurality of s rings secured thereon, upholstery materia supported by said sprizn a sheet of flexible material overlying sairfhpholstery material and secured to said frame, no said sheet having a loop formed therein and a rod or bar coacting with said loop and said" frame, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cushion, the combination with a frame having a body portion and a head-roll, I I. 5 of coil-s rin s fornrin part: of said body por tion an sai head-r0 1,. spring-bands overly.- ing said coil-springs, a first canvas overlying said coil-s rings and secured to said frame, a covering s eet of flexiblematerisal, and means 1 2o coasting with said sheet and with said frame, independently of said first canvas, for maintaim said sheet in position, substantially as set orth.

5. Inna cushion, the combination a 12 5 frame, an n holstery device and springs supporting sai device upon said frame, of a sheet of flexible material overlyingsaid' device and provided with a loop, a rod or has coactizng with said loop, and means carried :30

by said frame for securing the ends of such rod or bar, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cushion, the combination with a frame comprising side and end members, of a series of coil-springs arran ed in longitudinal series over said side mem ers and in trans-.

verse series overthe bod ortion of said frame intermediate of sai side members, a series of steel bands overlying said coil-spring, means for placing said bands and coil-s rings under tension, a sheet of flexible material secured at its edges to said frame and provided with a loop, and a rod or bar coacting with said loop and with said frame, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cushion, the combination with a frame, including coil-springs, overlying metallic bands, and a first canvas extendin terial overl 'ng said first canvas, a flexible cover over ying said LtfhOlStOIY material, said cover being provide with a loop for coaction with a rod or bar secured at its ends to said frame, and afim'shin cover for said cushion extending over said exible cover and secured to said frame, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 28th day of April, 1905.

HENRY S. HALE.

Witnesses:

' H. G-. BARNES, B. TUCKER. 

